Smoked drug use in patients with TB is associated with higher bacterial burden

Autor: B. Myers, T. Carney, J. Rooney, S. Malatesta, E. J. Ragan, L. F. White, H. Natcheva, T. C. Bouton, S. E. Weber, M. Farhat, H. McIlleron, D. Theron, C. D. H. Parry, C. R. Horsburgh, R. M. Warren, K. R. Jacobson

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 27:444-450

BACKGROUND: Smoking of illicit drugs may lead to more rapid TB disease progression or late treatment presentation, yet research on this topic is scant. We examined the association between smoked drug use and bacterial burden among patients newly init

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https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.22.0650

Accuracy of Timika X-ray scoring system to predict the treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in India

Autor: Sonali Sarkar, P.B. Senbagavalli, Sathish Rajaa, Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Selby Knudsen, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, Jerrold J. Ellner, Padmini Salgame, Charles R. Horsburgh, Natasha S. Hochberg

Publikováno v: Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 69:476-481

Background Timika scoring system is a radiographic grading tool, widely employed for grading the severity of tuberculosis (TB). We evaluated the predictive accuracy of this tool for adverse treatment outcomes among TB patients in Indian setting. Meth

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2021.08.004

Global availability of susceptibility testing for second-line anti-tuberculosis agents

Autor: A, Lazarchik, A U, Nyaruhirira, C-Y, Chiang, F, Wares, C R, Horsburgh

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 26:524-528

BACKGROUND: The continued development of new anti-TB agents brings with it a demand for accompanying treatment regimens to prevent the development of resistance. Effectively meeting this demand requires an understanding of the pathogen´s susceptibil

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https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.21.0420

Clinical implications of molecular drug resistance testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a 2023 TBnet/RESIST-TB consensus statement

Autor: José Domínguez, Martin J Boeree, Emmanuelle Cambau, Dumitru Chesov, Francesca Conradie, Vivian Cox, Keertan Dheda, Andrii Dudnyk, Maha R Farhat, Sebastien Gagneux, Martin P Grobusch, Matthias I Gröschel, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Irina Kontsevaya, Berit Lange, Frank van Leth, Christian Lienhardt, Anna M Mandalakas, Florian P Maurer, Matthias Merker, Paolo Miotto, Barbara Molina-Moya, Florence Morel, Stefan Niemann, Nicolas Veziris, Andrew Whitelaw, Charles R Horsburgh, Christoph Lange, Jose Domínguez, Martin J. Boeree, Maha R. Farhat, Martin P. Grobusch, Matthias I. Gröschel, Anna Maria Mandalakas, Florian Maurer, Charles Robert Horsburgh

Publikováno v: Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23, e122-e137
TBnet and RESIST-TB networks 2023, ' Clinical implications of molecular drug resistance testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis : a 2023 TBnet/RESIST-TB consensus statement ', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. e122-e137 . https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00875-1
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23, 4, pp. e122-e137

Contains fulltext : 291526.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a substantial health-care concern worldwide. Despite culture-based methods being considered the gold standard for drug susceptibility testing, mole

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https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00875-1

Prevalence and risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection among household contacts of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in South India

Autor: Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Sharan Murali, Maria Jose, Senbagavalli Prakash Babu, Jerrold J. Ellner, Sathish Rajaa, Padmini Salgame, Sonali Sarkar, Natasha S. Hochberg, Selby Knudsen, Komala Ezhumalai, Govindarajan Soundappan, Abilasha Sathishkumar, William Evan Johnson, Charles R. Horsburgh

Publikováno v: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 26:1645-1651

OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the prevalence and find the risk factors associated with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among the household contacts (HHC) of pulmonary TB patients. METHODS This cohort study was conducted from 2014 to 2019. Pret

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https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13693